Cameron Devlin still remembers the wild celebrations he witnessed in The Cove as a 12-year-old in love with Sydney FC.

Almost a decade later and the midfielder is sparking the same joy among Sky Blues fans from the other side of the fence.

Such euphoria was captured on Friday when the 20-year-old Shire kid celebrated his maiden Hyundai A-League goal with some familiar faces.

"I saw one of my mates in the crowd and went, 'yeah I better go over'," Devlin told the Sydney Morning Herald after Sydney’s 2-0 win over Adelaide United.

"That was actually really special for me to be honest.

"When I was 12, me and my cousin and some of my mates used to go in The Cove. I was so young, I was in there and they'd score a goal and you'd be getting saturated and everyone was jumping everywhere. It was wild.

"To score in front of them and celebrate with them after the game, it was really cool."